Dig Deeper into Sunday’s Gospel: Read Luke 14:1,7–14

I never expected to learn "How to Host a Proper Dinner Party" from the Bible. (Although I did find "How to Best Remove the Fat of a Bull Sin-Offering" in Leviticus 4:8!)

Move over, Emily Post—Jesus is the next big etiquette influencer.

All kidding aside, in this Sunday's gospel, Jesus uses the familiar setting of a dinner party to teach us far more than etiquette. He offers us radical lessons in humility and hospitality.

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